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  • 16-07-2017
  • Mathematics
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Are the lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

5x + 2y = 10
15x + 4y = -4

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irspow
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  • 16-07-2017
5x+2y=10, 2y=-5x+10, y=-2.5x+5

15x+4y=-4, 4y=-15x-4, y=-3.75x-1

-2.5 != -3.75

And -2.5m=-1, m=0.4, 0.4 !=-3.75

So the slopes are not equal and they are also not negative reciprocals of one another.

Thus the lines are neither parallel nor perpendicular.
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